School Tours: Nature Connections

Explore three unique habitats in Minnetrista’s Nature Area: pond, woodland, and tallgrass prairie. By applying observation skills, using scientific tools, and having fun, your students will discover the importance of each of these habitats and how both plants and animals adapt to them.

What will my students do?

Explore a prairie with bug nets

Look for aquatic life with dip nets

Search high and low for wildlife in the woodland using binoculars

Play a game about animal adaptations

Become part of the web of life

What will my students learn?

How habitats are interconnected

Living organisms include plants and animals; animals range from small to large

Exploration is a fun, scientific process

All living organisms have various adaptations that help them survive and live better in their respective habitat

When environments are changed, living organisms in those environments are forced to adapt, move, or become extinct